2018 ManSask Short Course Provincial Championships Dec 13 to 16, 2018

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1 2018 ManSask Short Course Provincial Championships Dec 13 to 16, 2018 Hosted by: Saskatoon Goldfins 1 P a g e

2 2018 ManSask Short Course Provincial Championships Dec 13 to 16, 2018 Shaw Centre 122 Bowlt Crescent Saskatoon, Sask Sanction #: Swimming Canada Competition Safety Warm-up Procedures will be in effect at this meet. Current Swimming Canada Rules will apply except as specifically modified in this meet package - Rules World Para Swimming Rules and Regulations will apply for Para swimmers Rules Dates: Session #1 Thur. Dec 13/18 Prelims Warm-up 4:30 pm Competition 5:30 pm Session #2 Fri Dec 14/18 Prelims Warm-up 8:00 am Competition 9:00 am Session #3 Fri Dec 14/18 Finals Warm-up 4:00 pm Competition 5:00 pm Session #4 Sat Dec 15/18 Prelims Warm-up 8:00 am Competition 9:00 am Session #5 Sat Dec 15/18 Finals Warm-up 4:00 pm Competition 5:00 pm Session #6 Sun Dec 16/18 Prelims Warm-up 8:00 am Competition 9:00 am Session #7 Sun Dec 16/18 Finals Warm-up 4:00 pm Competition 5:00 pm Meet Management in conjunction with Swim Sask, reserves the right to change session start times once entries are received. Coaches will be notified should session start times change. Technical Meeting: Thursday, Dec 13, :15 pm Meet Manager Co Meet Manager Officials Coordinators Entries Chairperson Shawna Nelson Bruce Lyle Sue Ryan Jay Magnus shawnan@sheratonsaskatoon.com brucelyle@gmrelectric.com goldfinsofficials@gmail.com goldfinsentries@gmail.com Officials: As this is a provincial meet, with the Saskatoon Goldfins hosting on behalf of Swim Sask, officials from all clubs are requested to participate in officiating at the meet in whatever positions they are qualified in. If you are a Goldfins member, please sign into your Team Unify your account to sign up. Officials from other clubs are asked to contact the Goldfins Officials Coordinator at goldfinsofficials@gmail.com 1. Facility: a. One 25 meter 10 lane competition pool (Deep Tank) Water Depth at Start end 4.85 meters; Water Depth at Turn end 3.05 meters b. One 25 meter 10 lanes will be open for warm-up and warm-down c. Non-Turbulent Lane markers d. Daktronics Electronic timing systems and plungers for backup e. Hy-Tek Meet Manager Computer Software 2 P a g e

3 2. Eligibility: a. Entries will only be accepted for swimmers who are members of a Year-Round/ Winter Age Group club and are registered in the Swimming Canada registration database in an Age Group Competitive category, and have a Swimming Canada 9-digit registration ID number, unless the swimmer is registered with and representing a foreign FINA affiliated federation. b. All swimmers must have achieved at least one AA ManSask time, Short Course Standards or Long Course Standards, in any event, in their single age category; age as of first day of the competition. Para Swimmers must have achieved at least one Para Provincial standard. c. All qualifying swims must have been achieved during the qualifying period of: July 1, 2017 to November 30, 2018 d. Converted times will not be accepted. e. Entry times will be accepted in LC or SC meters. Meet Management will convert the entry times, as required, using a 2% conversion prior to seeding. f. PARA events that do not have qualifying times may be used as bonus events, with the exception of 400 IM and 400, 800 and 1500m Free events. g. This is an open meet, swimmers from any Canadian Club or FINA affiliated country may enter, to a maximum of 400 swimmers. Only swimmers that are registered with a Year round/ Winter Age Group club may compete at this competition. h. As per Swim Sask policy, all swimmers must be a minimum of 7 years of age to compete. Swimmers age as first day of competition Dec 13, Entry Deadline: a. Entry deadline is Friday Nov 30, :59 pm b. Clubs from outside of Manitoba and Saskatchewan will only be allowed to enter if they have reserved spots. Please contact Swim Sask Executive Director Marj Walton at: marjwalton@swimsask.ca to reserve your spots. c. A maximum of 400 swimmers as the meet will be held single ended. d. All entries must be submitted via the Swimming Canada website at Meet List e. Direct all questions or request for additional information to the Meet Entries and Results chair. Jay Magus at goldfinsentries@gmail.com 4. Entry Fees: a. Individual: $70.00 b. Relay only swimmers: $30.00 c. Relay team event: $ 9.00 d. Individual deck entry: $15.00 e. Relay team deck entry: $20.00 f. Cheque for entry fees made payable to: Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club g. All entry fees must be received by the first day of the meet prior to warm-up h. No swimmer / team will be allowed to start warm-up until entry fees have been paid i. Entries Refund Policy: As per Winter Swimming Policy WC-4 3 P a g e

4 5. Entries and Limitations: a. Swimmers can enter as many events as they have qualified for, up to a maximum of SEVEN individual events, plus relays. b. Meet Management reserves the right to limit entries in individual events. If necessary, priority will be given to regional club swimmers. Meet Management has the right to limit and / or remove the number of Bonus swims from non-regional club swimmers. c. Entries must include the swimmer s registration number and age as of the first day of the meet. d. 100 IM may not be used to qualify for ManSask Championships e. Classification numbers for Para swimmers must accompany entries. f. PARA swimmers will be fully integrated into the meet, with the following exception: The TOP ten swimmers in either gender from preliminaries, and all classifications S1 to S14 combined will advance to the following finals. Times achieved from preliminaries will be scored on the Swimming Canada Para Swimming Points calculator. Para Specific Finals: (1) 50 Free PARA final (S1-S14) PARA final (2) 100 Free PARA final (S1-S14) PARA final (3) 50 Back PARA final (S1-S14) PARA final (4) 150 IM (S1-S4) / 200 IM (S5-S14) PARA final 6. Bonus Swims: a. All qualified swimmers may enter Bonus Swims as described below provided they DO NOT exceed the entry limit of SEVEN individual events. # of Qualifying Times # of Bonus Swims b. No-Time (NT) entries will be accepted for Bonus swims c. Swimmers who achieve one Man/Sask (AA) qualifying time in 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle, and/or 1500m Freestyle shall be allowed to enter a 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle and/or 1500m Freestyle as a bonus event. 7. Proof of Times: a. Meet Management will validate all times via the time validation process. Coaches will be notified of any times that do not pass the time validation report and they will have to provide a proof of time for an actual time, not a custom time. The entry time must be something that can be verified. b. All individual entries must utilize a displayed time available in the Swimming Canada Entry system. c. Failure to prove any requested time will result in the swimmer being scratched from that event unless the event has been entered as a Bonus Swim. There will be no refund of entry fees from a failure to prove a time. 8. Relay Events: a. All relay events will be Timed Finals and be swum in Finals. b. Relay swimmers must be properly entered in at least ONE individual event. EXCEPTION: a club entering only one relay team in an event may bring out relay only swimmers to a maximum of two per age group to complete a relay team. Relay only swimmers must be listed in the entries as relay only swimmers. Relay only swimmers must pay the relay only swimmer fee. c. A swimmer may only participate in ONE relay team in their age group and may only swim one leg of a relay per event per age group. d. In addition to swimming a relay in their own age category, swimmers may swim up an age category. e. Swim clubs may enter a maximum of TWO relay teams per event per age group. f. There are no qualifying times for relay events. To obtain a seeding time, it is recommended that a team time be submitted. 4 P a g e

5 Relay Events Continued: g. Relay cards with complete swimmer names and requests for official splits must be submitted to the Clerk of Course within 30 minutes of the conclusion of the preliminary session on the day of that relay event. h. Final relay order may be changed through the Clerk of Course up to 30 minutes prior to the start of the finals session in which the relay is being held. i. Failure to meet the above criteria, the relay team will be considered exhibition and is not eligible for points and awards. 9. Provincial Medley Relay Entries a. At the conclusion of regular competition in the final meet session, the Provincial Medley Relays will be swum. b. Each province may enter ONE relay team in each of the male and female age groups. c. Coaches select the swimmers to swim each stroke leg of the relay from the fastest time in that stroke swum at the meet. The fastest time is determined from any of the following: (i) the individual 50 m event, (ii) a lead off relay split or (iii) the 50 split from an individual 100 or 200 meter event d. Provincial Relay cards are due no later than 15 minutes after the conclusion of all the 50 Back finals. 10. Deck Entries: a. Deck entries are only allowed if space permits; additional heats will not be created. b. Deck entry fees must be presented to the Clerk of Course prior to lane assignment (cash or cheque payable to Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club) c. Deck Entry fee: $15 d. Relay Deck Entry: $20 e. Deck entries are NOT ALLOWED in the 800FR and 1500FR events. f. Deck entries will be swum as exhibition only. g. Deck entries will not be scored nor advance to finals. 11. Competition: a. The 800 FR and 1500 FR events will be swum as Timed Finals. b. All other individual pool events for all age groups will be swum as Preliminaries and Finals. c. Consolation finals will only be held for events 400 meters and under with 24 or more athletes entered at the entry deadline for each age category and gender. d. The A final will swim before the B final where there is a consolation final. e. PARA athletes (S1 to S14) will swim integrated in all preliminary sessions. They may advance to a final in their proper age and gender category which does not have a PARA final. In events that offer a separate PARA Final, they may only advance to the PARA final. f. PARA athletes (S1 to S14) will be judged under IPC/WPS Rules and Regulations g. Meet Management reserves the right to limit entries in the 400, 800 and 1500 Free and 400 IM if registration exceeds pool-time capacity. In such cases, priority will be given to regional club swimmers. h. Meet Management reserves the right to adjust the competition pools as designated by athlete registration numbers. 12. Start: Starts will be conducted from Starting Platforms (blocks) as per FINA FR 2.3 and SW P a g e

6 13. Seeding: a. 800FR and 1500FR distance events will be senior seeded fastest to slowest, by gender. i. Meet Management reserves the right to adjust the seeding criteria to maintain session timeline requirements and/or provide the fastest 10 swimmers with the best competition available. i.e. alternate heats of female and male, all heats swum with 2 swimmers per lane, or fastest heat one per lane and remaining heats 2 per lane b. All other events: Preliminaries will be senior seeded by time alone, slowest to fastest, as per rule SW 3.1 and its sub-paragraphs, regardless of whether or not they are bonus events. The last 2 heats of 400 Free and 400 IM will be circle seeded. c. Meet Management reserves the right to adjust the seeding criteria for the 400FR event to maintain session timeline requirements. (i.e. 2 per lane) d. Finals for individual events will be swum by gender & age groups. 14. Scratches: a. All scratches must be submitted on official scratch cards available at the Clerk of Course and must be submitted to the Clerk of Course. Scratches submitted after the scratch deadline will automatically be considered a late scratch (subject to the authority of the Referee) and be subject to penalties outlined in clause (e) below. b. Scratches from time final events (800 and 1500 free) are requested to be submitted up to 15 minutes prior to the start of the Preliminary session on the day the event is scheduled to be held. Coaches are encouraged to submit time final scratches as soon as possible to allow Meet Management reseeding opportunities. Penalties for all late scratches will be enforced as detailed in clause (e) on the next page. c. Scratches from preliminary events are requested to be submitted up to 30 minutes prior to the start of the preliminary session in which event is being held. Penalties for late scratches will be enforced as detailed in clause (e) below. d. Scratches from finals events must be submitted 30 minutes following the completion of the preliminary events on the day the final is to be swum (excluding any time final events). Saturday scratch deadline is 30 minutes after the completion of the 50 Breaststroke event as this is the last preliminary event on Saturday. e. Penalties for all unexcused scratches, no shows, step downs and unexcused incomplete swims (as determined by the Referee) will be enforced as follows: 1) For all time final events unexcused late scratches, no shows and step downs simply create empty lanes. Scratches from time final events may be made at the time without penalty except for loss of entry fee. 2) For all preliminary events unexcused scratches, no shows and step downs simply create empty lanes, as there shall be no re-seeding. Scratches from preliminary heats may be made at any time without penalty except for loss of entry fee. 3) For all final events unexcused scratches, no shows and step downs (as determined by the Referee) will result in the offending swimmer being scratched from all their remaining final events and relays, scheduled for that day. A relay team that includes a swimmer that has an unexcused late scratch, no show, step down etc. would also be prohibited from swimming. No monetary penalty fee is to be assessed. f. Alternate swimmers: In Finals, if a swimmer has not reported to the blocks when their race is called, the Referee shall replace the swimmer with an alternate who has reported to the Clerk of Course and is present and ready to swim. The alternate shall become one of the finalists. Alternates MUST report to the Clerk of Course prior to the event being called and be ready to swim, if necessary. 15. Age Group Categories: a. A swimmer s age shall be as of the first day of the meet Dec 13, 2018 b. For all individual events: Female: 12 & Under, 13 &14, 15 & Over Male: 13 & Under, 14 &15, 16 & Over c. For all relay events: Female: 12 & Under, 13 & 14, 15 & Over Male: 13 & Under, 14 & 15, 16 & Over 6 P a g e

7 16. Scoring: a. Individual pool events for Age Group High Point Awards: b. The top 20 score in all events regardless if there is a consolation final or not. c. Individual pool events for Provincial Age Group Awards: d. Individual pool events (including PARA events that have a specific PARA Final) for team awards: / e. Relay events: Results: a. Unofficial results will be posted in real time on Meet Mobile throughout the competition. b. Unofficial Hy-Tek Live results will be available through Meet Mobile and posted during the competition on the Goldfin website at: c. Final results will be posted and may be downloaded from the Swimming Canada meet list site. d. Splits may not be available for distance events if they are swum two per lane. 18. Individual Awards: a. Individual awards: i. 1 st to 3 rd place for Final events: Medals b. PARA awards: i. 1 st to 3rd place for PARA Final events: Medals c. Relay events: i. 1 st to 3 rd place: Medals for all relay team members on club relays. ii. 1 st place for Provincial Relay: Medals to all relay team members d. Provincial Age Group Awards: i. High point award for the top female and top male for each age category, for each: Manitoba and Saskatchewan e. Individual High Point Trophy: i. High point award overall for the top female and top male for each age category f. Betty Lou Dean award: i. Award for best performance on the World Performance Charts. ii. One award each for the top female swim of the meet and the top male swim of the meet. g. Philip Clark Memorial Award: The single best swim by a PARA (S1 to S14) swimmer, male or female, scored on the Swimming Canada Para Swimming Points calculator. 19. Club Awards: a. Manitoba Small Club: Awarded to the Manitoba swim club with 15 or fewer swimmers with the highest aggregate points. b. Saskatchewan Small Club: Awarded to the Saskatchewan swim club with 15 or fewer swimmers with the highest aggregate points. c. Top Manitoba Club: Awarded to the Manitoba swim club with the highest aggregate points. d. Top Saskatchewan Club: Awarded to the Saskatchewan swim club with the highest aggregate points. e. Overall Top Manitoba or Saskatchewan Small Club: Awarded to the Manitoba or Saskatchewan swim club with 15 or fewer swimmers with the overall highest aggregate points. f. Overall Top Manitoba or Saskatchewan Club: Awarded to the Manitoba or Saskatchewan swim club with the overall highest aggregate points 7 P a g e

8 20. Technical Meeting: Technical meeting will be held Thursday afternoon as indicated on page two. Further meetings may be held throughout the weekend if necessary. 21. Hospitality: Food and refreshments will be provided to coaches and officials prior to and during each session. 22. Meet Safety Rules: a. Swimming Canada Warm-up Competition Safety Procedures will be in effect. b. Safety Marshalls will be stationed around the pool deck during general warm-up. c. Entry into the pool must be feet-first at all times during general warm-up. d. During the last 30 minutes of warm-up, a minimum of two lanes will be designated as sprint lanes where an entrance dive is permitted. During this period, one-way swimming only is allowed. e. During the last 45 minutes of warm-up a minimum of two lanes will be designated as pace lanes, as required. f. Running on deck is NOT permitted. g. No fins, hand paddles or tubing may be used during warm-up. h. No deck changing is allowed. All swimmers must use the change rooms. It is the coach s responsibility to inform the swimmers and ensure their discipline and adherence to the Meet Safety Rules. 23. General Info: Any changes to the meet information or format will be provided to the coaches via prior to the meet or at the coaches meeting. All swimmers are asked to please use the change room and not change on deck. Glass containers and breakables are not allowed on the pool deck. Clubs will be responsible for their personal valuables. The Shaw Centre and Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club will not accept responsibility for any lost or stolen items. All clubs are responsible for the conduct of their swimmers. Inappropriate behavior at the pool may result in disciplinary action by meet management. Please have your club s area in the stands and on-deck clean up before you leave each session. Swimmers caught vandalizing pool property or using offensive language will be disqualified from the meet and any expenses incurred as a result of the vandalism will be billed to their club. Smoking is prohibited in all areas of the pool, according to City of Saskatoon Bylaws. Food is also prohibited on the pool deck, including sunflower seeds with shells. Only the host club shall be allowed to sell equipment and merchandise. Your cooperation is expected in helping the officials to provide quiet for the start of each race. Only approved photographers will meet credentials will be permitted on deck, contact meet manager for more information. 8 P a g e

9 Accommodations: Book by November 30 TH / 2018 TownePlace Suites Saskatoon by Marriott 247 Willies Cres, Saskatoon, Sask Last day to book: 11/30/18 Rates: $ CAD - $ CAD per night Includes Breakfast Call and Ask for Andrea Roy OR Book your group rate for Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club Sheraton Cavalier Saskatoon 612 Spadina Cres E, Saskatoon, Sask Last day to book: 11/30/18 Rates: 2 queen beds at $135 1 queen with sofabed at $119 Method of Reservation: Online: Call: and ask for Lynsey and state for the ManSask Goldfins Block lynseyb@sheratonsaskatoon.com One Free bus driver/coach room (single accommodation with minimum of 10 room block per night), bus parking is $135/day Includes hot breakfast and complimentary parking for individual vehicles Mini bar fridge in each room, complimentary hospitality rooms provided based on availability, catered team meals available 9 P a g e

10 ManSask Championship Meet Event List Session 1 Warm up: 4:30 pm Thursday Dec 13, Prelims Start time: 5:30 pm # Gender Event # Gender Prelims 1 Female 200 IM 2 Male Prelims 1 Female 200 IM Para - (S5-S14) / 150 IM (S1-S4) 2 Male Timed Finals 3 Female 1500 Freestyle 4 Male Session 2 Warm up: 8:00 am Friday Dec 14, 2018 Prelims Start time: 9:00 am # Gender Event # Gender Prelims 5 Female 100 Butterfly 6 Male Prelims 7 Female 200 Breaststroke 8 Male Prelims 11 Female 50 Free 12 Male Prelims 13 Female 100 Backstroke 14 Male Prelims 15 Female 400 Freestyle 16 Male Session 3 Warm up: 4:00 pm Friday Dec 14, 2018 Finals Start time: 5:00 pm # Gender Event # Gender Finals 5 Female 100 Butterfly 6 Male Finals 7 Female 200 Breaststroke 8 Male Finals 9 Mixed 50 Free - Para (S1-S14) 9 Mixed Finals 11 Female 50 Freestyle 12 Male Finals 13 Female 100 Backstroke 14 Male Finals 15 Female 400 Freestyle 16 Male Timed Finals 17 Female 200 Freestyle Relay 12 & Under Timed Finals 200 Freestyle Relay 13 & Under 18 Male Timed Finals 19 Female 200 Freestyle Relay Timed Finals 200 Freestyle Relay Male Timed Finals 21 Female 200 Freestyle Relay 15 & Over Timed Finals 200 Freestyle Relay 16 & Over 22 Male 10 P a g e

11 ManSask Championship Meet Event List Continued: Session 4 Warm up: 8:00 am Saturday, Dec 15, 2018 Prelims Start time: 9:00 am # Gender Event # Gender Prelims 23 Female 200 Butterfly 24 Male Prelims 27 Female 100 Free 28 Male Prelims 29 Female 200 Backstroke 30 Male Prelims 31 Female 50 Breaststroke 32 Male Prelims 35 Female 800 Freestyle 36 Male Session 5 Warm up: 4:00 pm Saturday, Dec 15, 2018 Finals Start time: 5:00 pm # Gender Event # Gender Finals 23 Female 200 Butterfly 24 Male Finals 25 Mixed 100 Free - Para (S1-S14) 25 Mixed Finals 27 Female 100 Freestyle 28 Male Finals 29 Female 200 Backstroke 30 Male Finals 31 Female 50 Breaststroke 32 Male Finals 33 Mixed 200 IM - Para (S5-S14) / 150 IM (S1-S4) 33 Mixed Finals 1 Female 200 IM 2 Male Timed Finals 37 Female 200 Medley Relay 12 & Under Timed Finals 200 Medley Relay 13 & Under 38 Male Timed Finals 39 Female 200 Medley Relay Timed Finals 200 Medley Relay Male Timed Finals 41 Female 200 Medley Relay 15 & Over Timed Finals 200 Medley Relay 16 & Over 42 Male 11 P a g e

12 ManSask Championship Meet Event List Continued: Session 6 Warm up: 8:00 am Sunday, Dec 16, 2018 Prelims Start time: 9:00 am # Gender Event # Gender Prelims 43 Female 50 Butterfly 44 Male Prelims 45 Female 200 Freestyle 46 Male Prelims 49 Female 50 Backstroke 50 Male Prelims 51 Female 100 Breaststroke 52 Male Prelims 53 Female 400 IM 54 Male Session 7 Warm up: 4:00 pm Sunday, Dec 16, 2018 Finals Start time: 5:00 pm # Gender Event # Gender Finals 43 Female 50 Butterfly 44 Male Finals 45 Female 200 Freestyle 46 Male Finals 47 Mixed 50 Backstroke - Para (S1-S14) 47 Mixed Finals 49 Female 50 Backstroke 50 Male Finals 51 Female 100 Breaststroke 52 Male Finals 53 Female 400 IM 54 Male Timed Finals 55 Female 200 MR Provincial Relay - 12 & Under Timed Finals 200 MR Provincial Relay - 13 & Under 56 Male Timed Finals 57 Female 200 MR Provincial Relay Timed Finals 200 MR Provincial Relay Male Timed Finals 59 Female 200 MR Provincial Relay - 15 & Over Timed Finals 200 MR Provincial Relay - 16 & Over 60 Male 12 P a g e

13 ManSask Standards as of September 8, 2018 Athletes may qualify for ManSask or Provincial Championships in single age categories but will compete in combined age groups as per item P a g e

14 ManSask Standards as of September 8, 2018 Athletes may qualify for ManSask or Provincial Championships in single age categories but will compete in combined age groups as per item P a g e